Abstract

The primary goal of the Epi4K Center Without Walls is to increase understanding of the genetic basis of human epilepsy in order to improve the well-being of patients and family members living with these disorders. This improvement will come in the form of better diagnostics, treatments and cures. To accomplish this goal, Epi4K aims to analyze the genomes of a large number of well-phenotyped epilepsy patients and families collected by investigators from several major research groups. The specific goals of this project (1 of 7 - Administrative Core) are to provide overall leadership to the Center, specifically regarding the Center's charter, universal protocols, plans for data sharing, internal and external communications, and tracking of scientific progress of all cores and projects within the Center.

Public Health Relevance

Epilepsy is one of the most common human neurological disorders, affecting 3% of the population. Although it is clear that there is a strong genetic component for epilepsy, there are still only a few genes known. The Epi4K project will identify new genes and genetic pathways in epilepsy and will directly benefit individuals with epilepsy and their families through improved diagnostic, prognostic and recurrence risk information.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
Project #
5U01NS077274-02
Application #
8338464
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZNS1-SRB-B (29))
Program Officer
Stewart, Randall R
Project Start
2011-09-30
Project End
2016-07-30
Budget Start
2012-08-01
Budget End
2013-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$159,404
Indirect Cost
$52,026

  Institution

Name
Duke University
Department
Genetics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
044387793
City
Durham
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27705

  Publications

Winawer, Melodie R; Griffin, Nicole G; Samanamud, Jorge et al. (2018) Somatic SLC35A2 variants in the brain are associated with intractable neocortical epilepsy. Ann Neurol 83:1133-1146
Ottman, Ruth; Freyer, Catharine; Mefford, Heather C et al. (2018) Return of individual results in epilepsy genomic research: A view from the field. Epilepsia 59:1635-1642
Epi4K Consortium; EuroEPINOMICS-RES Consortium; Epilepsy Phenome Genome Project (2017) Application of rare variant transmission disequilibrium tests to epileptic encephalopathy trio sequence data. Eur J Hum Genet 25:894-899
Gelfman, Sahar; Wang, Quanli; McSweeney, K Melodi et al. (2017) Annotating pathogenic non-coding variants in genic regions. Nat Commun 8:236
Roohi, Jasmin; Crowe, Jennifer; Loredan, Denis et al. (2017) New diagnosis of atypical ataxia-telangiectasia in a 17-year-old boy with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a novel ATM mutation. J Hum Genet 62:581-584
Broix, Loïc; Jagline, Hélène; Ivanova, Ekaterina et al. (2016) Mutations in the HECT domain of NEDD4L lead to AKT-mTOR pathway deregulation and cause periventricular nodular heterotopia. Nat Genet 48:1349-1358
Epi4K Consortium (2016) De Novo Mutations in SLC1A2 and CACNA1A Are Important Causes of Epileptic Encephalopathies. Am J Hum Genet 99:287-98
EpiPM Consortium (2015) A roadmap for precision medicine in the epilepsies. Lancet Neurol 14:1219-28
Lowenstein, Daniel H (2015) Decade in review-epilepsy: edging toward breakthroughs in epilepsy diagnostics and care. Nat Rev Neurol 11:616-7
Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project Epi4K Consortium (2015) Copy number variant analysis from exome data in 349 patients with epileptic encephalopathy. Ann Neurol 78:323-8

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